Isaiah 14:2:5Isa.14.2.W5TAB
וְהִֽתְנַחֲל֣וּם
vehitnakhalum
“and they will take them as an inheritance”
- Transliteration
- ve-hit-na-kha-LUM
- Extended
- veh-hiht-nah-khah-LOOM
- IPA
- /wəhit.naħăˈluːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will take them as an inheritance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hit-na-kha-LUM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hit-na-kha-LUM BET-yis-ra-EL
- clause
u-le-ka-KHUM a-MIM ve-he-vi-UM el-me-ko-MAM ve-hit-na-kha-LUM BET-yis-ra-EL AL ad-MAT ye-ho-VAH la-va-dim ve-lish-fa-KHOT
- sentence
u-le-ka-KHUM a-MIM ve-he-vi-UM el-me-ko-MAM ve-hit-na-kha-LUM BET-yis-ra-EL AL ad-MAT ye-ho-VAH la-va-dim ve-lish-fa-KHOT ve-ha-YU sho-VIM le-sho-VE-hem ve-ra-DU be-nog-se-HEM
Exegesis
Next, vehitnachalum {וְהִֽתְנַחֲל֣וּם | və-hit-na-ḥa-lûm} in the Hitpael stem ‘and they shall possess themselves as an inheritance’ links to the subject beit-yisrael {בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | bēt-yiś-rā-ʾēl} and locative al admat YHWH {עַ֚ל אַדְמַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה | ʿal ʾaḏ-maṯ yə-hō-wāh}, marking a covenantal land grant.
Root and etymology
n-ch-lnun-ḥet-lamed
“to inherit, obtain possession”
In context — Isaiah 14:2
The peoples will pick them up and escort them to their place, and the house of Israel will take possession of them in the land of the LORD as servants and maidservants; and they will take captive those who once held them captive, and they will govern their oppressors .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 14:2, so the Hebrew word וְהִֽתְנַחֲל֣וּם (vehitnakhalum) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Isa.14.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.2.W5.S1) and character.